Email Author Michael Alan Goldberg

2006 Stories by Michael Alan Goldberg

• Deck the Halls with Christmas Albums

  published December 13, 2006

  Yule Jukebox It used to be that only country and adult contemporary artists released Christmas albums. These... More >>

• Otep

  published December 6, 2006

  Otep is the name of both this brutish Los Angeles goth-metal band and its singer. These perennial Ozzfest faves, whose shock-cred has been... More >>

• DJ Shadow

  published October 4, 2006

  Many people still want DJ Shadow to be the guy digging around in musty basements for obscure funk and soul vinyl, or the hoodied moodmeister... More >>

• Bullet for My Valentine

  published August 16, 2006

  Easily the second-best band to come out of the UK with the words "my" and "valentine" in its name, Bullet for My Valentine is a four-piece... More >>

• The Minders / Of Montreal

  published August 9, 2006

  Into Syd Barrett whimsy, Ray Davies melodicism/storytelling, Decemberists charm and Flying Burrito Brothers cosmic country-rock — all pushed... More >>

• Mary J. Blige

  published July 12, 2006

  Is Mary J. Blige still the reigning queen of hip-hop soul? It was looking iffy a few years ago, when she released her lukewarm Love &... More >>

• MSTRKRFT

  published July 5, 2006

  When not causing a dance-rock ruckus with his bass-drums duo Death from Above 1979, mustachioed four-stringer Jesse Keeler likes to team up with... More >>

• Pete Yorn

  published June 28, 2006

  Second only to the fabled Sports Illustrated cover jinx is the curse of Winona Ryder, whereby most musicians who date the actress —... More >>

• Rusted Root

  published June 28, 2006

  It's been two lengthy, sob-filled years since Phish swam into the Great Beyond, and no single jam band has since emerged to fill their large,... More >>

• The Lashes

  published May 10, 2006

  Oh, you Lashes, you make me wanna hate you so! You're six scruffy, skinny, shaggy-haired, Strokesian Seattleites fronted by a singer rarely... More >>

• Mates of State

  published May 10, 2006

  Nick and Jessica, Eminem and Kim, Lindsay & whomever — jeepers, isn't there one celebrity couple around that can stay together for the... More >>

• Emo-tional Breakdown

  published April 26, 2006

  It takes a lot of time and dedication to unearth, research, analyze and create excessive hype for all of the next-big-thing bands out there.... More >>

• Love Will Tear Us Apart

  published April 19, 2006

  Ian Curtis Wants Revenge One recent night, while lying in bed in the darkness of the wee hours, I felt a strange chill pass over me.... More >>

• André Rieu

  published April 19, 2006

  Most classical-music purists — y'know, those stuffy ol' snobs — have little use for André Rieu, the charismatic... More >>

• Ambulance LTD

  published April 5, 2006

  The only conceivable way this seven-song EP from Ambulance LTD — released as an appetite-whetter for the quartet's second full-length, due... More >>

• Loose Fur

  published March 22, 2006

  As you might glean from the title of the second collaboration between Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, and composer/engineer/all-around... More >>

• Sail Away

  published February 1, 2006

  Rooowwwrrraaaarrrrrooowwwwrrrrr!" A guttural growl straight from the deepest pits of Hell has just emanated from the throat of Melissa... More >>

• The Toasters

  published February 1, 2006

  Finally, a reason to break out those checkerboard creepers that have been gathering dust in the back of your closet since the mid-'90s third-wave... More >>